Girls t shirt from next that says, you are not properly dressed without a smile

[LardLizard]

Wtf !!!!

I think a slogan on a little girl's top about smiling is much better than those tops saying "babe" or "eye candy" or something objectifying like that.

I would never wear a top with that slogan, nor would I put my daughters in it. This is mainly because you just know some jackass is going to comment on it unless (and even if) you plaster a pollyanna smile on your face all day long.

All part of the same tedious problem.

I may be wrong, I've been to a couple of raves in my time, but I always believed that 'eye candy' was a gay slogan.

Babe was a multinational word for english baby. The stress being on the e and the y.

It now has a different meaning, which I can't get my head around actually. who the fuck calls their lover babe

It doesnt matter if the t-shirt is there or not. The debate still stands on its own merits. If everything we thought about had to be fact first we would never get anywhere.

In Annie the song is an advert for toothpaste, nothing to do with having a nice personality really, I think that's just an interpretation that it's nice for Annie to make as she will never have the nice clothes but she can smile.

Are men exhorted to smile and be nice? I've never heard anyone yell 'give us a smile luv to a man/boy on the street. Or language policed when they aren't thought to be kind and inclusive enough.

I'm all for smiling when you actually want to, and do think that smiles can be infectious and bring good mental health but I have been yelled at for not looking happy enough, and also got in trouble for looking friendly rather than putting my best 'not interested' face on so I get people's concerns. Even if the OP might well have been a GF.

I don't understand???

Lol at people searching the next website for the top
I never said it was current stock did i!!!

If some people can’t see why this offends others, I can’t be arsed to explain it to you !

why post then?

how odd

Very strange. To paraphrase many previous posters, haven’t you got anything current to be upset by?

. *LardLizard

Lol at people searching the next website for the top
I never said it was current stock did i!!!*

No you didn't post a link. Someone else has posted a link to a t shirt with the slogan you mentioned. Only this t-shirt was in the male section. How do you feel about a t-shirt for a male with that same slogan OP?

Why is this offensive OP? YABU to post a 3 letter AIBU.

Smiling releases endorphins and serotonin. Both of which are good for you - they help to fight illness, and make you feel more cheerful.

Lol at people searching the next website for the top I never said it was current stock did i!!!

so send a link where it is actually a thing then and not made up bollocks

If some people can’t see why this offends others, I can’t be arsed to explain it to you

or because you can't articulate what is so offensive about the lyrics of a song from the 70,s?

In the interest of balance, I've just bought my DS this tshirt...
m2.hm.com/m/en_gb/productpage.0600768003.html
It states that you should 'use your smile to change the world' and it has sequins on it... he loves it because the sequins are reversible, he couldn't give a shit what it says on it.
I love it because it's a clean tshirt that he will wear that doesn't make him look like Stig of the dump.

or because you can't articulate what is so offensive about the lyrics of a song from the 70,s?

ooh,ooh 80s - 1982 I think?
(Sorry,Annie geek)

If some people can’t see why this offends others, I can’t be arsed to explain it to you

Don't give us that bollocks. Either explain it to us or we will assume that you don't know why you're so offended either.

Hey, America
Let's turn it up
Yeah check out ourselves
'Cause you know you're never fully dressed without a smile
Your clothes may be Chanel, Gucci
Your shoes crocodile

OK, just clocked this. Da fuq?! I can only assume this is the new fangled version lol
Bring back Aileen Quinn and her red haired curliness

Freudian I have a hoody that says "Make tea not war" but I drink coffee. I am clearly a liar too!

Thanks Freudian your support during this difficult time is very much appreciated!

"My name is Dalek and I am a t-shirt liar."

😂

It's a quote from a song from Annie. Jesus let go of those pearls and stop trying to find offensive things in life.